MEDIA RELEASE: Tuesday July 1, 2007
DEMELZA REVELEY IS
AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
After eleven weeks of intense competition, catwalk cattiness and emotional
drama, Demelza Reveley has been named AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL
during tonight’s live finale of the hit FOX8 reality series.
The 16-year-old school student from Wollongong took the title after narrowly beating
Alexandra Girdwood, 21, from Sydney in a nail-biting fight to the finish line.
The winner was announced during the massive live finale at Luna Park’s Big Top in front
of an audience of close to 2,000, and again incorporated a viewer vote to help decide
who would be named AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL.
As winner of the fourth series, Demelza takes home a prize package including
representation for 12 months by premiere model agency Priscilla’s; an all expenses paid trip
to New York to meet with top international agencies; a Ford Fiesta Zetec; a contract as the
face of Napoleon Perdis which includes an international photo shoot; and an eight-page
fashion feature with Vogue Australia.
“I am so excited to be following in Alice Burdeu’s footsteps, this is an absolute dream
come true” said Demelza after the announcement was made tonight.
“I have worked so hard these past few months to trim down and set myself up as a major
contender in the modelling world, and it’s so good to have my hard work pay off. New
York, here I come!” she said.
Hosted by Jodhi Meares, AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL is the hit reality series
exclusive to FOX8 that follows a group of young women as they try to prove they have what
it takes to make it in the high-stress, high-stakes world of modelling.
The 13 finalists, chosen after a nationwide audition tour in November 2007, spent ten weeks
living together in a waterfront mansion while filming the series earlier this year. Aside from
the stress of learning the ropes of the business, the finalists had to deal with the ups and
downs of ‘model house’ life: all the tears, tantrums and high drama you’d expect when you
put 13 competitive and hugely ambitious girls under one roof!
In each episode, the program’s panel of judges – including leading fashion designer Alex
Perry and fashion identity Charlotte Dawson – assessed task performance and potential.
After each critique, one girl was eliminated and sent home.
By the final, live episode, just two girls remained – Demelza and Alex. Both finalists have
been the subject of intense media scrutiny throughout the series – Demelza coming under
attack for being one of the “Dapto Dogs” who bullied Byron Bay student Alamela Rowan,
and later for her drastic weight loss; and Alex being criticised for having collagen implants in
her lips… with disastrous results.
The results were close but in the end Demelza proved too good for her competition and beat
Alex to become AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL.
Further information:
Brooke Cashell
FOXTEL Publicity
02 9813 7397 / 0422 729 721
Brooke.cashell@foxtel.com.au
About FOX8
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a day. From ‘ROCK STAR’ to the provocative drama of ‘DANGEROUS’ or the sizzling reality of
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